Nanna

Moon god of Ur, father of the sun and Inanna.

Parentage

• parent: Enlil

Children

• Ereshkigal
• Inanna
• Utu

Domains

• moon
• cattle fertility

Powers

• Lighting the night and measuring out the months

Epithets

• Suen akkadian · Suen · cultThe wise/old crescent (Sin); the standard name of the moon-god of UrSumerian Nanna-Suen hymns; the Ekishnugal of Ur (primary)
• en-zu akkadian · Enzu · cultLord of wisdom/knowledge; the moon-god as the wise lordSumerian hymns to Nanna; royal inscriptions of the Ur kings (primary)
• ab ilāni akkadian · ab ilani · hymnicFather of the gods (as father of Shamash and Ishtar); the elder luminarymoon-god hymns (Sin); the Nabonidus inscriptions of Harran (secondary)
• Aš-im-babbar Sumerian · Ashimbabbar · cultThe new light / shining crescentOracc AMGG, 'Nanna/Suen/Sin' (epithet Ašimbabbar) (secondary)

Relations

• sibling: NergalFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Enlil) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• equated with: KushuhReciprocal of hurrian_kushuh.equated-with — Kushuh is identified with Sin (Nanna/Suen), sharing the moon-god slot, the consort Nikkal (=Ningal, borrowed wholesale), and oath-guardianship. The Hurrian god's role in oath-cursing is more prominent.G. Wilhelm, The Hurrians (1989) (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Enlil and Ninlil (primary)